[Egyptian] Cambridge: conclusions and next steps

[heleen wilbrink]

Hi guys,
Sorry to have kept you waiting. Here are the main conclusions and next steps (bold) as I interpreted them. I hope you will find them helpful. 
Have a great day,Heleen


Repertoire

A list will be made with the references to the publication of an original text (photo or facsimile, not a print font like eg IFAO) for each hieroglyph from the proposal of Michel Suignard. Background: The characters in the proposal of Michel do not have sources yet. These sources are needed in order for the proposal to be accepted. Michel will do the coordination for this list with input from Stephane/Serge/Simon/Mark-JanThe hieroglyphs with references can be added in tranchesThe first tranche will be the proposal of Michael Everson on hieratic hieroglyphs from Moller to which the hieratic dot will be addedStephane/Serge/Simon/Mark-Jan will review the proposal of Michael and add any other hieroglyphs that they are missing including the references before mid AugustMichael will finish the proposal in the second half of August so that it can be included in the Unicode meeting on the 6th of September



Monograms: 

I think the consensus is to make
a list of attested combinations and then decide on the approach, either
monograms (A) or the use of a control character (B). This list will be used as
a proposal for monograms (A) or will be used by developers for their fonts (B).
Most Egyptologists were in favor of solution B because of the ease of searching
and the ease of implementation (in fonts and not in Unicode proposals). Stephane/Serge/Simon/Mark-Jan
will make a list and share it with the group. Then a decision is made for A or
B 


Control characters

On the last day of the
conference there seemed to be consensus on the control characters, which
Michael summed up by mail as: “The proposal is to remove the LIG character from
the ballot and to add in 7 more, the two group controls of Bob, and then the
four corner and the center controls”It was agreed that this
proposal will be finished in August, I thought by Michael, and discussed on the
Unicode meeting on the 6th of September. Now it seems over the mail
that several people are working on it separatelySuggestion: let Michael, Bob
and Mark-Jan do a conference call or so soon to A. make sure there is one
proposal that all agree on and can be shared with the group and B. give
guidelines to Simon/Serge/Stephane for what examples they should look in their
databases 


Input methods and fonts

So and Marwan have integrated
their input systems and font into SINUHESo/Marwan could you share with
the us the online location so we can start using it?Bob has made and shared an
experimental font for us to use

 		 	   		  
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